Façade Design Addresses Climate Change

by | Aug 6, 2021 | All Resources, Facades

Functional Aspects of Facades and the Role of Embodied Carbon by Vaclav Hasik, Data Manager at Building Transparency Since the beginning of human civilizations, buildings and their facades have had three main functions: shelter from the elements, providing daylight...

Climate Smart Forestry

by | Aug 6, 2021 | All Resources, Biogenic Carbon, Materials, Wood

What is Climate Smart Forestry? A collection of strategies and management actions that increase the carbon storage benefits from forests and the forest sector, in a way that also supports ecosystem services and cultural values. It 1) reduces carbon emissions, 2)...

C40 Cities Clean Construction Policy Explorer

by | Aug 6, 2021 | All Resources, Policy

The Clean Construction Policy Explorer was released in October 2020 by the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group. This tool provides an interactive map for exploring global city-level policies related to reducing emissions in the construction sector. The explorer...

Tools for Measuring Embodied Carbon

by | Aug 6, 2021 | All Resources, Authored by CLF, LCA Data & Tools

This list provides a quick overview of available tools for architects, engineers, and consultants to evaluate the environmental impacts of buildings and building materials using life cycle assessment.  This is a non-exhaustive list that does not include many tools the...

Urban Embodied Carbon Reduction Checklist

by | Aug 6, 2021 | All Resources, Authored by CLF, CLF Featured Publications, CLF Featured Research, CLF Policy Resources, Policy, Publications, Research Report

Design and construction teams have a growing number of strategies and tools to choose from to reduce embodied carbon on their projects. This template provides a checklist for project teams to use and adapt to make it easier for teams to systematically discuss if they...

Embodied Carbon Policy Educational Series

by | Aug 6, 2021 | All Resources, Authored by CLF, CLF Featured Publications, CLF Policy Resources, Policy, Video

Policymakers are taking the lead from building industry practices, tools, and projects to begin implementing a variety of policies to reduce embodied carbon on government-funded and private sector projects. The CLF Regional Hubs are uniquely positioned to act as local...